Chapter 135: Exorbitantly Priced Fruit
Chapter 135: Heavenly-Priced Fruit
He put down the bronze sword and said, "Okay, I’ll give it a try."
After he left, Mengyu promptly gathered all the bronze artifacts, took out the jade bowl, golden pipe, gem bracelet, and the bronze mirror she bought the day before yesterday from her luggage, and laid them on the velvet cloth.
The underground black market was still quite deserted; plenty of sellers but few buyers, and even fewer who would buy in bulk.
Mengyu smiled bitterly: She only planned to sell for one day and leave, but things weren’t selling as easily as she hoped. No wonder those people had looked at her strangely when she bought all those broken antiques.
After guarding her stall for over two hours, Mengyu’s items were still unsold.
Mengyu started feeling a little hungry.
"Do you feel hungry? I can go get you something to eat," Cheng Jiuhe asked considerately.
Mengyu looked up, "But there aren’t any places selling food around here, right?"
She glanced around at the other vendors, who had mostly taken out steamed buns and pancakes from their bags to eat.
She felt a bit guilty for not having thought to bring her own food.
Suddenly, she remembered the fruit in her space and asked Xiao Tao, "Xiao Tao, can I pick the fruit from the orchard inside the Space House?"
Xiao Tao replied, "Sure, one Learning Value can harvest ten fruits."
Mengyu cursed under her breath at Xiao Tao, "Are you kidding me? A bottle of Yuan Nourishing Pill only costs two hundred Learning Values, and one bottle contains thirty pills. With one hundred thousand yuan per Yuan Nourishing Pill, that’s thirty million yuan for thirty pills, which means each Learning Value is worth fifteen thousand yuan.
These ten fruits cost one Learning Value? Doesn’t that mean each fruit costs fifteen hundred yuan?"
Xiao Tao looked down on her master, "The fruits in this Medicinal Garden absorb Spiritual Energy; how can they be compared to ordinary fruits? Can you buy a Spirit Fruit for just one thousand five hundred yuan?"
Mengyu gave in, "Alright, alright, give me two apples."
Xiao Tao, "Master, apples are in the Space House; you have to pick them yourself."
Mengyu, "..."
"I’ll go relieve myself for a bit. Watch the stall for me."
Once Mengyu entered the restroom, she teleported into the space, let Xiao Tao deduct some Learning Value for her, and then entered the Medicinal Garden.
Indeed, since she had already spent some Learning Value, she was easily able to enter the Medicinal Garden and headed towards the fruit trees.
She picked two beautiful red apples, two crystal-clear pears, and two red and white peaches. Since they all cost one Learning Value each, she made sure to pick the largest ones.
Looking at the grapes, she felt an intense craving; she really wanted grapes, but at one Learning Value each, it was not worth it.
Xiao Tao’s voice chimed in, "Master, grapes and bananas, and the likes are sold by the bunch."
Mengyu was frustrated, "Why didn’t you say so sooner!"
She quickly picked a bunch of grapes, a bunch of bananas, and a bunch of loquats.
These bunches were more worthwhile; a bunch weighed two or three pounds.
After picking, she realized she had taken too much: could she and her brother finish all these fruits?
"Don’t worry, Master. The Space House has a preservation function."
"Really?" Mengyu was delighted.
She took an apple, a pear, half a bunch of grapes, and half a bunch of bananas. She didn’t dare to take other out-of-season fruits that were hard to preserve.
Mengyu returned to her stall, opened her suitcase to take out the fruits, which was actually taking them out from the space.
Seeing her come back with fruit after just a trip to the restroom, Cheng Jiuhe felt curious, "You had fruits in your suitcase too?"